Kenyon College

Kenyon College

      private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Gambier, Ohio, U.S., about 40 miles (65 km) northeast of Columbus. It is a liberal arts college affiliated with the Episcopal church. Kenyon offers bachelor's degree programs in the performing arts, social sciences, humanities, and biological and physical sciences. There are also cooperative engineering programs with Case Western Reserve University, Washington University, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Students may also choose to spend a year studying at universities in Africa, Asia, Europe, or Latin America.

      Kenyon College, the oldest private college in Ohio, was founded in 1824 by Philander Chase, the first Episcopal bishop of Ohio. The poet and literary critic John Crowe Ransom taught at Kenyon from 1937 to 1958 and founded the influential literary journal The Kenyon Review in 1939. Notable alumni include actor Paul Newman, poet Robert Lowell, novelists E.L. Doctorow and William Gass, and Rutherford B. Hayes, the 19th president of the United States.

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